The guys that get Silver Stars, Bronze Stars and are awarded

[oly]

Purple Hearts.

Fernandez ran out of ammunition for his M-249 machine gun. He sprinted to the disabled Humvee and grabbed a damaged M-240 heavy machine gun and dashed back to his position to continue firing. The M-240's protective hand guards had been blown off and Fernandez said he burned his hands in about 10 minutes of sustained shooting.

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040903/D84SALH80.html

[Richardo]

1. Sorry - those hand burns are 'self-inflicted'

No presidency for YOU, Pvt. Fernandez! :eyes:

And of course I'm being sarcastic - I'm very proud of this guy and all the rest that are over there in danger.

[rkc3]

2. What did we do today?

It's a shame that someday that kid will be looking for help from our government and get turned away or that he'll run for office and some scumbag who wasn't in Iraq will question this firefight.

Aside from that, we should all ask ourselves what did we do today? Did we make anyone's lives better, even if it was not blowing the horn at the old lady trying to merge into traffic?

This kid could have said fuck it and run. He didn't. If you're given the opportunity to help someone this weekend - I say take it. And smile when you're done.

[A_Possum]

3. And Cheney and Ashcroft between them got 12 deferments

Business Week

"Tonight we're going to hear from a guy who obtained five deferments ," McPeak said, referring to Cheney. Attorney General John Ashcroft obtained seven deferments, McPeak added. "That's about a dozen between the two of them," McPeak said. "Where are the 12 guys who went to Vietnam in their place? Maybe some of them didn't come back."

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They wouldn't have gone to Iraq either. They're they kind who were happy to let guys like 19-year-old Pfc. Bradley Kritzer, of Irvona, Penn.; and 18-year-old Spc. James Marshall, of Tulsa, Okla, die in their place.

And god forbid if a clerk types up the paperwork wrong.